The Associated PressBrookes Gulleff, Dave McMullen and Charlotte Delgado all were hired by a California-based temp agency at this campus of Safeway warehouses in Clackamas. Safeway has agreed to pay them wages owed by Aptitude Staffing Solutions, state regulators said today.

Safeway Inc. has agreed to pay four temprory workers nearly $6,000 to settle claims that a staffing agency failed to pay them to work in the grocer's Clackamas warehouses, state officials said today.

Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian said Aptitude might still face penalties. The California staffing agency has not responded to the agency's inquiries. "They are not cooperating," Estabrook said.

Another worker, Brookes Ann Gulleff of Portland, was contacted by Aptitude after she posted her resume on Craigslist. The company offered her $13.75 an hour, she said, which she jumped at because her unemployment benefits had run out.

She's heartened by the settlement but wishes she didn't have to agree not to sue Safeway or hold it liable for penalties as a condition of receiving her $880. She said she's facing eviction from her apartment and a shut off notice from a utility, so she feels she can't pursue a lengthy court battle.

"I feel like they know we really do need the money," she said. "That way they don’t have to pay us as much. But it’s better than nothing and it will pay my rent."

Last week, Gulleff started a job at the Netflix call center in Hillsboro.

"It’s a job, and I think they’ll actually pay me," Gulleff said.

Workers who believe they've not been properly paid by an employer should file a wage claim with BOLI, Estabrook said.